Friday, 10 May 2013

I went up the mountain to get a piece of slate for a glass
dragon I made. Here in North Wales we do have a generous amount of slate, so it
only seems right that a dragon created in Wales should sit proudly on a piece of
its home land. Anyway here is the picture
of The Glass Dragoon mounted on the slate base:

Glass dragon on a slate base

I'm sure everyone knows what dragons like to eat...

What did
the dragon say when he saw St George in his shining armour? It’s a good job I like tinned food!

Tuesday, 7 May 2013

As I made a Nordic Viking Warrior yesterday it reminded me of a glass Sky Dragon I made some time ago.
Time travels and we learn new stuff. Last year I was
shown a dragon from a game that was released in November 2011. It had a
striking resemblance to a dragon I made in 1992. I dug out the old
sketch book and notes. In those days I made the wings using a different
technique, which took more time than I wanted to give it. So I thought I
would have a go at re-making it with the techniques I use today. Here’s
the picture of it:

Glass flying dragon

If you want to see more glass dragons you can go to the Glassblobbery website.
It’s interesting going into past student and later design ideas books
from my early days on the burner. I think I‘ll redo some of the older
designs and let you see them on future posts.
I was thinking about the similarity between dragons and dinosaurs, as
any insane person would. I’m sure dragons were about long before
dinosaurs.

What’s the difference between the dinosaur and a dragon…?Obvious really. Dinosaurs are too young to SMOKE!

Monday, 6 May 2013

Today I thought I might post a Glass Viking figurine made of
glass. I made the Viking out of Clear glass, which is fired in the kiln to
reduce the stress. The glass norse warrior sculpture is then dipped into black lamp lacquer
and cured onto the surface of the glass in the hot box (the box a bit like an
oven).

Glass Viking or Norse Warrior

I was going to tell a Viking joke , but it was such a saga I
thought it would never end.